I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREPeople are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
More Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
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Existence is prior to essence.
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Little flashes of sun on the surface of a cold, dark sea.
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It was odd, he thought, that a man could hate himself as though he were someone else.
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People are like dice. We throw ourselves in the direction of our own choosing.
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Existence is an imperfection.
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That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.
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I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it’s urgency.
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It’s strange. I felt less lonely when I didn’t know you.
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Life is a useless passion.
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Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
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I’ve dropped out of their hearts like a little sparrow fallen from its nest. So gather me up, dear, fold me to your heart – and you’ll see how nice I can be.
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Existence is not something which lets itself be thought of from a distance; it must invade you suddenly, master you, weigh heavily on your heart like a great motionless beast – or else there is nothing at all.
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
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I never could bear the idea of anyone’s expecting something from me. It always made me want to do the opposite.
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Nothingness haunts Being.
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